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Sportswriter Uses Notorious B.I.G. Lyric Containing N-Word To Comment On LeBron James-Knicks Scuffle
Sportswriter Uses Notorious B.I.G. Lyric Containing N-Word To Comment On LeBron James-Knicks Scuffle
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Sportswriter Uses Notorious B.I.G. Lyric Containing N-Word To Comment On LeBron James-Knicks Scuffle

A former New York Post NBA columnist received backlash on social media after using a Notorious B.I.G. lyric that contained the N-word to comment on a scuffle that took place during the Knicks and Cavaliers game at Madison Square Garden Monday night.

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In the first quarter of the game LeBron James and Frank Ntilikina found themselves in a scuffle, with Enes Kanter coming to Ntilikina's defense and placing himself between the two fellow basketball players.

Former NBA columnist Peter Vecsey spoke on the moment on Twitter, writing:

"Like Kanter is gonna 2B intimidated by LeBron, guy who stood up 2 Tayyip Erdogan. Imagine him being scared of a n***** who breathes the same air as him."

Vecsey was nearly quoting a B.I.G. line from "Ni**as Bleed," with the line going "Picture me being scared of a ni**a that breathe the same air as me."

Needless to say, the tweet did not go over well on social media, with a number of users calling him out for the remark.

Rather than apologize, Vecsey responded to one user with "Your problem, not mine," before tweeting out this predictable remark whenever a white person faces backlash for using the N-word: "So white people cant quote rap lyrics?!?! Cant sing them?!?! Bull s**t!!"

The Cavaliers ended up winning against the Knicks with 104-101.